Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family-Chapter 1072 - 1071: What Audacity!

His gaze did not rest on Liu Sisi in front of him but instead drifted to the side.

A strange gurgling sound issued from Fourth Son Yang’s throat!

The followed by a heavy fall, he convulsed a few times on the ground before lying motionless.

Liu Sisi took a step forward, intending to pull out her hairpin, but upon seeing Fourth Son Yang’s eyes wide open in death, she desisted.

With gritted teeth, she glanced at Zuo Xingyu twice, then decisively turned and ran away.

She thus missed Zuo Xingyu’s twisted face as she passed by him, and his hand clutching the long sword bulged with green veins.

Sisi, are you so eager to flee from me?

A few steps past Zuo Xingyu was the entrance to the tunnel.

Familiar with the tunnel’s structure, Liu Sisi effortlessly opened it and rushed out, heading straight for the bedroom.

Nowadays, not only was she dressed in men’s clothing, but her clothing was disheveled, and her lips were split, still bleeding.

Such a deplorable state could not be seen by others.

It was the beginning of 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the moment, and the meeting in the front yard had already dispersed. Prince Luo returned to the hostel with most of his entourage, leaving a few to attend to Prefecture Princess Luo. Prefecture Princess Luo went to the Waterside Pavilion with Di Ying to stay temporarily.

Though she was said to be staying with Di Ying, in reality, she simply resided in the neighboring residence, right next to Di Ying’s.

At the moment, she had already had her little maid tidy up her items, washed up, and allowed the personal maid behind her to idly comb her long hair.

Soon, the soft footsteps of the maid were heard from outside the door, "Prefecture Princess, Second Young Master Di is outside asking to see you."

Di Xuan here to see her?

It was both within and beyond Prefecture Princess Luo’s expectations.

The personal maid combing her hair couldn’t help pausing for a moment before continuing.

Prefecture Princess Luo sighed and instructed the maid in an even tone.

"Go back and tell Second Young Master Di that I, the Prefecture Princess, am tired from the journey and extremely fatigued. I have already gone to bed, and kindly ask Second Young Master Di to return and rest earlier."

"Yes, Prefecture Princess," the maid hurried away.

Calm was restored in the room.

Through the window came the maid’s voice reporting back to Di Xuan, followed by Di Xuan’s slightly disappointed farewell. Then, a series of faint footsteps were heard from the window, moving away gradually.

The maid quickly returned to the entrance and reported, "Prefecture Princess, Second Young Master Di has left. Before he left, he asked me to tell you that he will come to greet you early tomorrow and also invite you to have breakfast together."

"Understood, you may leave," she responded.

After the little maid left, Prefecture Princess Luo sighed wearily and closed her eyes.

The personal maid quickly began to gently massage Prefecture Princess Luo upon seeing this.

"Prefecture Princess, although Second Young Master Di is the son of Old Master Marquis, why doesn’t he understand propriety? What business does he have coming to the door of a lady late at night? Though you are betrothed, shouldn’t you be even more cautious to avoid suspicion because of that?"

Prefecture Princess Luo opened her eyes wide in anger, "Shut up! What kind of rules have you learned? As guests, do we have any right to criticize the host’s right and wrong? Slap yourself in the face!"

"Yes, Prefecture Princess."

The maid behind her immediately knelt down and, without another word, raised her hand to slap herself. One slap reddened half of her face.

The slapping sounds were particularly loud in the quiet of the night.

After being slapped continuously several times, Prefecture Princess Luo finally waved her hand, "That’s enough, you may leave now. Don’t arrange for anyone to stay up tonight, I want to be alone for a while."

"Yes, Princess."

The maids in the room bowed and then filed out of the house, and the room door was gently closed.

Prefecture Princess Luo held her forehead and sighed heavily. She really couldn’t determine anymore whether this marriage she had strived for was a good thing or not.

But things had already developed to this point. Many matters were no longer up to her to decide.

As she was in a state of confusion, there suddenly came a low whimpering sound from outside the door, and her eyes immediately lit up!

She hurriedly got up and went to the entrance, and as soon as she opened the door, there appeared a furry head in front of her eyes.

"Woof woof woof..."

Ah-Huang and Ah-Hua both tried to squeeze into her arms first, showing her unusual affection.

Thirteenth Luo instantly felt joy, happily crouching down and stretching out her arms to embrace them, "Ah-Huang, Ah-Hua, do you really still remember me? I’m so happy..."

Initially, in order to find such two small dogs, she had painstakingly raised over a dozen dogs back in her hometown, and finally, she managed to obtain these two. Since the moment they opened their eyes, she had started training them like treasures.

"Ah-Huang, Ah-Hua, from now on, we will have to rely on each other."

Her heart suddenly calmed down, no longer feeling the bewilderment of a moment ago.

This was the path she had chosen for herself, and she would have to see it through to the end, even if she had to do it on her knees!

Elsewhere.

Liu Sisi was making her way through the residence.

Fortunately, there weren’t many people in the manor today, so she easily avoided the patrolling housemen and went straight into the bedroom before starting to rummage through the cabinets, frantically searching for clothes.

But the more hurried she became, the less she was able to find anything.

While she was in a flurry, the bedroom door was pushed open from the outside, and Fuling hummed as she entered.

Frightened, Liu Sisi instinctively hid herself behind the screen.

Fuling seemed oblivious, neatly arranging the clothes she brought into the room, and placed them inside the chest.

She had been living comfortably these days.

Initially, Ms. Gao had been the one attending to her by Liu Sisi’s side, but for some unknown reason, she offended the Princess and was reassigned away from her side. A few days ago, when the Princess had an accident, she was also taken away, but later on, she was released and sent to deliver a letter to Old Master Marquis.

She had returned crying and fearing for some time, thinking the Marquis would punish her. Unexpectedly, the Marquis wasn’t even in residence, and after her return, she was still serving in the Princess’s room, making her extremely happy!

With the Princess not in the manor, she spent her days airing and arranging the Princess’s clothes according to her habits, and the days just passed by.

She didn’t bother to close the chest again, instead, her hands lingered lovingly over the exquisite garments. Although the clothing was made of simple materials, they were of the finest quality, with beautiful Shu brocades embellished with golden silk and silver thread and dresses made of Yansi cloth, which made her desperately desire to claim them as her own.

She stood up, unable to resist walking to the door and peering outside to make sure no one was there, then quickly secured the doors and windows and joyfully started to try on the dresses again, performing a dance in front of the bronze mirror while humming a tune, utterly content.

Liu Sisi witnessed the entire scene from beginning to end.

When the other began to caress those clothes, she couldn’t help but frown.

Especially now, as she watched Fuling wearing her dresses and striking poses before the bronze mirror, she suddenly felt extremely upset.

Unable to bear it any longer, she stepped out from behind the screen, coughing forcefully.

"Fuling, you have such nerve!"